WWE Backlash

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Backlash is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which started in 1999 and is held normally in April (with the exception of 2005). From 2004 to 2006, the event was exclusive to the RAW brand.

The 2007 event was the first PPV since Judgment Day 2003 (other than the "Big Four" PPV events) to feature all three brands (RAW, Smackdown! and ECW) after WWE stopped doing brand-exclusive events.

Backlash often features rematches from WrestleMania, or matches based on events that took place at WrestleMania, hence the name.

[edit] Backlash dates and venues

Event	Date	City	Venue
Backlash: In Your House	April 25, 1999	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center
Backlash (2000)	April 30, 2000	Washington, D.C.	MCI Center
Backlash (2001)	April 29, 2001	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena
Backlash (2002)	April 21, 2002	Kansas City, Missouri	Kemper Arena
Backlash (2003)	April 27, 2003	Worcester, Massachusetts	Worcester Centrum
Backlash (2004)	April 18, 2004	Edmonton, Alberta	Rexall Place
Backlash (2005)	May 1, 2005	Manchester, New Hampshire	Verizon Wireless Arena
Backlash (2006)	April 30, 2006	Lexington, Kentucky	Rupp Arena
Backlash (2007)	April 29, 2007	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena
Backlash (2008)	April 27, 2008	Baltimore, Maryland	1st Mariner Arena

[edit] Results

[edit] 1999

Backlash: In Your House
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	April 25, 1999
Venue	Providence Civic Center
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance	10,939
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania XV	Backlash: In Your House	No Mercy (1999) (UK)
Backlash chronology
First	Backlash: In Your House	Backlash (2000)

Backlash: In Your House took place on April 25, 1999 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Sunday Night HEAT match: Val Venis and Nicole Bass defeated D'Lo Brown and Ivory (1:43)
  • Bass pinned Ivory.
• Sunday Night HEAT match: Droz and Prince Albert defeated Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor) (1:09)
  • Albert pinned Taylor.
• Sunday Night HEAT match: Kane defeated The Big Boss Man (2:45)
  • Kane pinned the Boss Man.
• Sunday Night HEAT match: Viscera defeated Test (2:09)
  • Viscera pinned Test.
• The Ministry of Darkness (Bradshaw, Faarooq and Mideon) defeated The Brood (Edge, Christian and Gangrel) (11:38)
  • Bradshaw pinned Christian after a Clothesline from Hell after Viscera interfered during the match.
• Al Snow (w/Head) defeated Hardcore Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship (15:27)
  • Snow pinned Holly after hitting him with Head.
• The Godfather defeated Goldust (w/The Blue Meanie) to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (5:21)
  • Godfather pinned Goldust after a Pimp Drop.
• The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) defeated Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart (w/Debra) (10:33)
  • Road Dogg pinned Hart after a Fameasser from Gunn to gain a WWF Tag Team Title match on the WWF SmackDown! special.
• Mankind defeated The Big Show in a Boiler Room Brawl (7:40)
  • After the match Big Show saved Mankind from an attack by Test and The Big Boss Man.
• Triple H (w/Chyna) defeated X-Pac (19:19)
  • Triple H pinned X-Pac after hitting the Pedigree.
• The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Ken Shamrock (18:50)
  • Undertaker pinned Shamrock after a Tombstone Piledriver.
• Steve Austin defeated The Rock (w/Shane McMahon as Special Guest Referee) to retain the WWF Championship (17:07)
  • Austin pinned Rock after a Stone Cold Stunner and a shot to the head from the wwf title belt.

[edit] 2000

Backlash (2000)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	April 30, 2000
Venue	MCI Center
City	Washington, D.C.
Attendance	17,867
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania 2000	Backlash (2000)	Insurrextion (2000)
Backlash chronology
Backlash: In Your House	Backlash (2000)	Backlash (2001)

Backlash (2000) took place on April 30, 2000 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C..

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Edge and Christian defeated D-Generation X (X-Pac and Road Dogg) (w/Tori) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (9:23)
  • Christian pinned X-Pac after hitting him with the ring bell.
  • Debra was the Special Guest Ring Announcer.
• Dean Malenko defeated Scotty 2 Hotty to retain the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (12:59)
  • Malenko pinned Scotty after a DDT from the top rope.
• The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan defeated The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) (7:41)
  • Buchanan pinned Bradshaw after a scissors kick from off the top rope.
• Crash Holly defeated Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn and Tazz in a six man Hardcore match to retain the WWF Hardcore Championship (12:20)
  • Crash pinned Tazz after Saturn hit Tazz with a stop sign.
  • Crash could pin anyone of the five opponents to retain the title, but the five opponents had to pin him to win the title.
• The Big Show defeated Kurt Angle (2:57)
  • Big Show pinned Angle after a chokeslam.
  • Big Show was dressed as Hulk Hogan during this match as part of his gimmick in which he would dress up as former professional wrestlers. He used various Hogan signatures including his patented leg drop.
• T & A (Test and Albert) (w/Trish Stratus) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (11:04)
  • Test pinned Bubba Ray after a Big boot.
  • After the match The Dudley Boyz powerbombed Trish through a table.
• Eddie Guerrero (w/Chyna) defeated Essa Rios (w/Lita) to retain the WWF European Championship (8:43)
  • Guerrero pinned Rios after a Neckbreaker.
  • After the match, Lita stripped Chyna of her dress.
• Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho by disqualification to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (15:08)
  • Jericho was disqualified after he hit Benoit with the IC Title belt.
• The Rock defeated Triple H (w/Shane McMahon as special referee) to win the WWF Championship (19:24)
  • Rock pinned Triple H after a Spinebuster and People's Elbow.
  • Steve Austin returned to the WWF for the first time since the 1999 Survivor Series, delivering chairshots to Triple H, Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson, and Gerald Brisco.

[edit] 2001

Backlash (2001)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	April 29, 2001
Venue	Allstate Arena
City	Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance	15,592
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania X-Seven	Backlash (2001)	Insurrextion (2001)
Backlash chronology
Backlash (2000)	Backlash (2001)	Backlash (2002)

Backlash (2001) took place on April 29, 2001 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Sunday Night HEAT match: Jerry Lynn defeated Crash Holly to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (3:37)
  • Lynn pinned Crash with an Inside Cradle.
• Sunday Night HEAT match: Lita defeated Molly Holly (2:40)
  • Lita pinned Molly after a Twist of Fate and a Moonsault.
• X-Factor (X-Pac, Justin Credible and Albert) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray, D-Von and Spike) (7:59)
  • X-Pac pinned Bubba Ray after an X Marks the Spot.
• Rhyno defeated Raven to retain the WWF Hardcore Championship (8:10)
  • Rhyno pinned Raven after a Gore.
• William Regal defeated Chris Jericho in a Duchess of Queensbury Rules match (12:11)
  • Regal pinned Jericho after hitting him with a steel chair.
• Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle in an Ultimate Submission match (31:31)
  • Benoit won four falls to three in sudden-death overtime.
• Shane McMahon defeated The Big Show in a Last Man Standing match (11:53)
  • Big Show failed to answer the ten count after an elbow drop from the top of the Titan Tron onto Big Show through a table.
  • During the match, Test interfered on McMahon's behalf.
• Matt Hardy defeated Christian and Eddie Guerrero in a Triple threat match to retain the WWF European Championship (6:52)
  • Matt pinned Christian after a Twist of Fate.
  • During the match, Edge and Jeff Hardy interfered on their brothers' behalfs.
• The Two Man Power Trip (WWF Champion Steve Austin and WWF Intercontinental Champion Triple H) defeated The Undertaker and Kane to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (27:11)
  • Triple H pinned Kane after hitting him with a sledgehammer.
  • All three titles were on the line in this match.

[edit] 2002

Backlash (2002)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Brand (s)	RAW SmackDown!
Date	April 21, 2002
Venue	Kemper Arena
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance	12,489
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania X8	Backlash (2002)	Insurrextion (2002)
Backlash chronology
Backlash (2001)	Backlash (2002)	Backlash (2003)

Backlash (2002) took place on April 21, 2002 at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The tagline for the event was "One Man's Journey To Stand Alone". The official theme song was "Young Grow Old" by Creed.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Sunday Night HEAT match: The Big Show defeated Justin Credible and Steven Richards in a Handicap Match (2:11)
  • Big Show pinned both Credible and Richards after a double Chokeslam.
• Tajiri (w/Torrie Wilson) defeated Billy Kidman to win the WWF Cruiserweight Championship (9:08)
  • Tajiri pinned Kidman after countering a Powerbomb by spitting Red mist into Kidman's face.
• Scott Hall (w/X-Pac) defeated Bradshaw (w/Faarooq) (5:43)
  • Hall pinned Bradshaw after a low blow.
• Jazz defeated Trish Stratus to retain the WWF Women's Championship (4:29)
  • Jazz forced Trish to submit with an STF.
• Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) defeated Jeff Hardy (5:32)
  • The referee stopped the match after Hardy was rendered unconscious by 3 powerbombs.
• Kurt Angle defeated Edge (13:25)
  • Angle pinned Edge after an Angle Slam.
• Eddie Guerrero defeated Rob Van Dam to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (11:43)
  • Guerrero pinned Van Dam after a Frog Splash.
• The Undertaker defeated Steve Austin (w/Ric Flair as Special Referee) (27:03)
  • Undertaker pinned Austin after a Big Boot to a chair to become #1 contender to the Undisputed WWF Championship.
  • Flair made the three count despite Austin's foot being on the bottom rope.
• Billy and Chuck (Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo) (w/Rico) defeated Maven and Al Snow to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (5:58)
  • Billy pinned Maven after a Superkick from Chuck.
• Hulk Hogan defeated Triple H to win the Undisputed WWF Championship (22:04)
  • Hogan pinned Triple H after The Undertaker hit Triple H with a steel chair and a Leg drop from Hogan.

[edit] 2003

Main article: Backlash (2003)

[edit] 2004

Main article: Backlash (2004)

[edit] 2005

Main article: Backlash (2005)

[edit] 2006

Main article: Backlash (2006)

[edit] 2007

Main article: Backlash (2007)

[edit] 2008

Main article: Backlash (2008)

[edit] External links

• Official Backlash Website
• Backlash results at Prowrestlinghistory.com